‘‘You have to take into con­sid­er­a­tion the in­tri­cate move­ments re­quired to bring the pup­pets to life and make their in­ter­ac­tions just as mean­ing­ful as hu­man ac­tors,’’ she says.

‘‘I don’t think there has been a sin­gle re­hearsal where the en­tire cast have not

The cast of Phoenix Ensem­ble’s ended up in ab­so­lute stitches putting the scenes to­gether.

‘‘It has been such a great op­por­tu­nity to watch these pup­pets come to life and fas­ci­nat­ing to see char­ac­ter­is­tics of our ac­tors start to come through them. ‘‘It’s just a great fun, show.’’ Phoenix reg­u­lar Heather Scott plays racist char­ac­ter Christ­mas Eve, but says it is all in good fun.